Varaha Purana 131.11: Adhyaya 131, Shloka 11
Expiation for Chewing the Tooth-stick
Dantakāṣṭha
Uttara Bhāga · Prāyaścitta (Ritual Atonements) — Summary of Procedure
एवं ते कथितं भद्रे दन्तकाष्ठस्य भक्षणम् ॥ य एतेन विधानेन प्रायश्चित्तं समाचरेत् ॥
evaṃ te kathitaṃ bhadre dantakāṣṭhasya bhakṣaṇam || ya etena vidhānena prāyaścittaṃ samācaret ||
evaM te kathitaM bhadre dantakAShThasya bhakShaNam || ya etena vidhAnena prAyashchittaM samAcharet
तो भाई, दातुन खाने का पूरा बताया मैंने तुम्हे। जो इस तरह से प्रायश्चित करेगा, वो साफ हो जाएगा।
Sandhi Notes
- ya etena→yaḥ etena (visarga sandhi)
- dantakāṣṭhasya is tatpuruṣa
- samācaret is विधिलिङ्
Varāha
Attentive, ready to implement/record the procedure
What is the complete, authoritative procedure for expiating the fault connected with dantakāṣṭha, and who qualifies by performing it?
In prāyaścitta, ‘vidhi’ (method) matters: purification is tied to faithful execution of prescribed steps.
When correcting a lapse, follow a defined regimen (duration, abstentions, conduct) rather than improvising penance.
Varāha addresses Bhū-devī (‘bhadre’) and summarizes the dantakāṣṭha-consumption topic, transitioning into procedural compliance for expiation.
The rule is finalized: the dantakāṣṭha-related fault and its expiation are as stated; one who performs prāyaścitta exactly by the prescribed method becomes rectified.
Proper procedural adherence yields purification and restoration of dharmic standing; deviation leaves the doṣa unresolved or only partially mitigated.
Varāha Purāṇa 131 (dantakāṣṭha discussion and its prāyaścitta); Varāha Purāṇa 132.1 (next topic: mṛtaka-sparśa prāyaścitta)
FAQs
It functions as a colophon-like recap typical of prescriptive passages, aiding memorization and transmission of the rule and its remedy.
No geographic location is identified in this summary verse.
The emphasis is on compliance with an established procedure (vidhāna) for remediation when a conduct rule has been violated.
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